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Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno ()


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A teen boy comes back to his hometown during summer vacation in 1994, searching for love.

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Amin
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Ophélie
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Tony
Lou Luttiau ...
Céline
Alexia Chardard ...
Charlotte
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Camélia
Delinda Kechiche ...
La mère d'Amin
Kamel Saadi ...
Kamel
Hatika Karaoui ...
La mère d'Tony
Meleinda Elasfour ...
Mel
Hamid Rahmi ...
Joe
Roméo De Lacour ...
Aimé
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La jeune fille russe
Mohamed Souda ...
Le père d'Amin
David Ribeiro ...
Fernando
Lydia Bouchali Zemour ...
Lamia (as Lydia Bouchali-Zemmour)
Thomas Fessard ...
Thomas
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Sieme
Christophe Brodu ...
Père de Ophélie
Charlotte Jude ...
Soeur de Ophélie
Lyse Warin ...
Cousine de Ophélie
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Esmeralda (creditOnly)
Lou Jarnot
Tom Nymes ...
Friend
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Margaux

Directed by

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Abdellatif Kechiche

Written by

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François Bégaudeau ... (novel "La blessure, la vraie")
 
Abdellatif Kechiche ... (screenplay)
 
Ghalya Lacroix ... (screenplay) (as Ghalia Lacroix)

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Amedeo Bacigalupo ... co-producer
Donatella Botti ... co-producer
Philippe Delarue ... associate producer
Ginevra Elkann ... co-producer
Abdellatif Kechiche ... producer
Riccardo Marchegiani ... line producer
Francesco Melzi d'Eril ... co-producer
Michel Merkt ... associate producer
Ardavan Safaee ... producer
Jérôme Seydoux ... producer

Cinematography by

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Marco Graziaplena

Editing by

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Nathanaëlle Gerbeaux
Maria Giménez Cavallo
Camille Toubkis

Editorial Department

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Elie Akoka ... colorist
Edgar Allender ... post-production assistant
Jules Beautemps ... assistant editor
Emma Benestan ... assistant editor
Arthur Boulegue ... first assistant editor
Miriame Chamekh ... co-editor
Raphaël Costa ... assistant editor
Marco Goncalves ... co-editor
Flore Guillet ... co editor
Sébastien Krebs ... assistant editor
Kévin Laperrière ... first assistant editor
Joël Li ... assistant editor
Andrea Maguolo ... colorist
Arthur Muller ... assistant editor
Juliette Penant ... first assistant editor
Philippe Roger ... assistant editor
William Wayolle ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Maria Giménez Cavallo

Production Design by

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Ann Chakraverty
Marcello Di Carlo

Art Direction by

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Claire Amoureux

Set Decoration by

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Claire Amoureux

Production Management

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Xavier Doncel ... executive in charge of production
Gerardo Fernandes ... executive in charge of production
Vincenzo Ianni ... unit manager
Andrea Maguolo ... post-production supervisor
Riccardo Marchegiani ... post-production manager / production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Nasreddine Ben Maati ... first assistant director (as Nasredine ben Maati)
Nathanaëlle Gerbeaux ... third assistant director
Maria Giménez Cavallo ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Léa Alric ... assistant art director
Noémie Lettoli ... third assistant art director

Sound Department

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Thomas Brzustowski ... mix technician
Leo Caresio ... boom operator
Remi Durel ... a.d.r. recorded by / music editor / sound editor / supervising sound editor
Jean-Paul Hurier ... re-recording mixer
Thibaut Macquart ... mix technician
Manon Medina ... mix technician
Charles Michaud ... sound mastering engineer
Johann Nallet ... re-recording mixer
Hugo Rossi ... sound
Aleksandra Stojanovic ... foley artist
Camille Taillefer ... sound
Julie Tribout ... dialog premix / dialogue editor
Thomas Wargny ... mix technician

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Paolo Galiano ... special effects supervisor
Camillo Leporati ... special effects technician

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Federica Franceschi ... lead compositor
Davide Leone ... visual effects supervisor
Joël Li ... title designer
Salvatore Lo Cascio ... compositor
Giovanni Ricco ... compositor
Fausto Vitali ... lead compositor

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jérémie Attard ... assistant camera
Gianni Chiarini ... camera operator
Claudio Cofrancesco ... camera operator
Simone D'Onofrio ... camera operator
Fabien Faure ... camera operator
Michel-Clement Franco ... camera operator (as Michel-clement Franco)
Bruno Fundarò ... camera operator
Léa-Jade Horlier ... camera operator / second assistant camera (as Léa Horlier)
Enguerran Prieu ... camera operator
Jeremy Renault ... assistant camera
Aziz Sahli ... second assistant camera

Casting Department

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Clément Cambou ... extra casting
Stéphanie Ladet ... casting
Stéphane Roig ... casting assistant

Location Management

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Ivan Ferrandes ... location manager
Chafik Laribia ... location manager
Jean-Christophe Meneec ... location manager (as Jean Christophe Meneec)
Stéphane Roig ... assistant location manager

Music Department

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Rémi Barbot ... music editor
Jean-Paul Hurier ... composer: additional music
Raïna Raï ... music
Sasha White ... music licensing

Additional Crew

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Francesco de Luca ... production secretary
Maria Giménez Cavallo ... artistic collaboration
Olivier Kaczmarek ... assistant production accountant
Miguel Formosinho Mendes ... production assistant (as Miguel Mendes)
Pascal Pons ... key production accountant
Claudia Tomassini ... international publicist
Sandrine Valageas ... production secretary

Thanks

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Robert Baruch Almagià ... thanks (as Roberto Almagià)
Henri Cohen ... thanks to
Andre Jacobs ... special thanks
Jessica Pennington ... special thanks
Marin Rosenstiehl ... thanks
Roeg Sutherland ... special thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

Aspiring screenwriter and photographer Amin returns to his hometown, a fishing village in the south of France, after living a year in Paris. He spends his time hopping from beach to beach and from bar to bar, finding his childhood friends and chasing new encounters. The summer lights of the Mediterranean coast guide his quest for love, as he hopes to live a passionate romance like in the movies. Surrounded by his loving family, who sometimes helps and often hinders, Amin searches to find his own way. Inspiration comes in the form of many female characters who enchant him, but when it comes to love only the mektoub ("destiny" in Arabic) can decide. This coming-of-age saga set in 1994 casts a nostalgic glow on losing the innocence of youth.

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Also Known As
  • Les dés sont jétés (France)
  • Mektoub is Mektoub (France)
  • La blessure, la vraie (France)
  • Destiny, My Love: First Song (World-wide, English title)
  • Mektoub, My Love (United Kingdom)
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  • 181 min
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Did You Know?

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Trivia It is the first part of the cycle 'Mektoub is Mektoub,' a free film adaptation of François Bégaudeau's novel "The Injury". See more »
Goofs Many words, speech mannerisms and expressions used throughout the movie were not common in the mid-nineties, such as "j'ai buggé" or "Bref! ...". See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power (2022). See more »
Soundtracks Ya Zina Diri Latay See more »

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